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Early life

He received his early education in Canada. He went on to continue his studies at Auckland University, New Zealand when he was 16.

Career

In 2006 he won Hong Kong TVB's Newcomer Singer award and has since released three albums. His big break occurred with the release of his Mandarin version of Karyn White's 1988 song "Superwoman". Cao wrote some chart-topping songs in Taiwan sung by S.H.E, Cyndi Wang, and Aaron Kwok.

In a recent interview with MTV, Cao admits (fluently in English) that he is a shy guy who doesn't express himself well through words but well enough in the songs he sings. His early influences came from admiration of Stevie Wonder and R Kelly.

He is one of the rising singers that has been compared to Wang Lee Hom and Jay Chou

Music works

Albums

Collaborations

Gary collaborated with another fellow Malaysian singer Guang Liang(光良) for the song "Teenage Years(少年)", in Guang Liang's album "Fairy Tale(童话)".

Gary has also sung together with Genie Zhuo(卓文萱) in the song "梁山伯與茱麗葉".

He later sang with Vivian Hsu(徐若瑄) in the song "I Still Believe".

He also sang with Beatrice Xu Wei Lun in the song "Freedom".

Compositions

Gary has also been doing compositions for many other artistes.

Year	Artist	Album	Songs
1999	Aaron Kwok	Ask For More	"只有你", "我了", "我的问题你没回答"
2003	Huang Ping Yuan	感謝情人	"不要害怕"
2004	S.H.E	Encore	"大女人主义"
2005	Cyndi Wang	Cyndi with U	"睫毛弯弯"
2005	S.H.E	Once Upon A Time / 不想长大	"星星之火"
2006	黃俊源	My First Album	"突然牽手"
	Genie Zhuo	Be Used To / 習慣	"梁山伯与茱丽叶"
	Annie Yi	Princess A	"月儿亮弯弯"
2007	Show Luo	SPESHOW	"幸福猎人"
	Vivian Hsu	Vivi and...	"I Still Believe"
	Nicholas Teo	Prince Nicholas / 王子	"晚安，宝贝"
	A-mei	STAR	"一眼瞬间", "微多莉亚的秘密"
	Landy Wen	Hot Wava / 熱浪	"采花贼"
	Genie Zhuo	Oxygenie of Happiness / 幸福氧氣	"被你愛過我很快樂"
	Cyndi Wang	Fly Cyndi	"飄飄"
	閻韋伶	傻孩子	"Happy Birthday To Me"
	Andy Lau	Everyone Is No. 1 新歌+精選	"一起嗌"

Awards

Year	Awards
2006	6th Global Chinese Music Awards, Outstanding Regional Artiste (Malaysia) TVB 8 Mandarin Music Awards (Hong Kong), Gold for Best Newcomer Guang Zhou Golden Melody Awards, Gold for Best Male Newcomer Guang Zhou Golden Melody Awards, Top 10 Golden Melodies for "Superwoman" Malaysia Entertainment Association, Best Composer for "少年" (shared with Guang Liang) Malaysia Entertainment Association, Top 10 Original Songs for "少年" (shared with Guang Liang)
2007	18th Golden Melody Awards, Nominated for Best Male Mandarin Singer 7th Music Chart Awards, Best New Artiste Hong Kong City Mandarin Music Award, 最佳演繹獎,國語力歌曲獎 (3-7-20-1), 熱爆K歌獎 (兩隻戀人)
2008	19th Golden Melody Awards, Best Male Mandarin Singer